High hopes for heart disease as boffins decode the giraffe genome

Mice with giraffe gene mutations were found to suffer less cardiovascular and organ damage than a control group

18 March 2021 - 20:49 By dave chambers

It might sound like a tall story, but giraffe genes could one day help humans with heart disease...

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